The Brookhaven leader., 1887-06-23
An Unjust Criticism.

The Rev. DR.. Gambrell 10 being
very severely criticised by some
papers aud mary people, for ap'
pealing to the public tor money u
be used in the prosecution of those
charged with the killing Of Mr.
Roderiek Gambrell. We are not
competent to Judge whether such
action is In Keeping with the prin'
riples of true religion or not, but II
il is, that Is the kind Of christian
Ity we shall strive In keep out
ni the reach Of WiaoRd Adrancc.
We have never had anything Ia
say before on this subject, but the
above furnishes us q good oppor
tuuity To speak. In the first place,
We wish to remark that any person
or paper that has criticised the faith
or of young Gambrell as the Advance
claims and does, has either done
81 under a misrepresentation OF the
facts, or in spirit of i'll will. The
facts, as we have occasion To know,
are simply these: When Roderick
Gambrell vas murdered and 1.-THE
deep damnation of his taking
off" became known to the law.
abiding citizens of the State,
they felt justly outraged, and
many Of them, approaching the fact
that Rev. SIR. Gambrell had never
defrauded the State and was 4 man
of small means, while Hamilton
the chief criminal, was rolling
in ill-gotten wealth and able to
employ any number desired of
the ablest lawyers at the bar,
they wrote to Mr.. Gsmbrell offering
to render him pecuniaIy aid. They
saw Hamilton, even before the cor
oner's jury had rendered their YER
dict, retain FIVE Of the ablest law
firms in all the wealth.
They knew his vast social and pollt-
ical influente-that he was backed
by one of the most corrupt rings
that ever disgraced a people and
that to successfully counteract these
agencies and bring him to justice,
wise, influential and astute counsel
must be employed to prosecute in
addition to that provided by the
State. And above all, the law
abiding and generous hearted people
of Mississippi, sympathizing with the
great and good man who had laid
his noble first born boy a willing
sacrifice on the altar of moral
and political reform, were unwilling
to see him who had already sacri-
feed so much, made to bear alone
the burden OF 4 prosecution on the
issue of which so much depended
for the common veal or woe. Even
under these circumstances, however,
Mr.. Gambrell would not consent 10
accept the protfered hel p until he
had consulted number of discreet
friends, and on their advice gave
notice to the public that he would
accept the assistance that SO many
were willing and ready to extend.
Nobody was asked and nobody ex-
pected TO give anything who was
not actuated by the reasons we
have indicated, but, thanks to the
patriotism and sense OF justice of
the people, there will be no lack Of
means to carry the prosecution to a
successful close, without the burden
falling upon Mr.. Gambrell.
AS to the religious inconsistency
so broadly limited at Ivy the Advance,
we have only to say that the editor
OF that paper must really be as
ignorant and narrow,minded as he
frigns to be, if he would deny to
Mr.. Gambrell, simply because he ia
a professor of christianity, the right
TO have murderers punished as the
laws Of the country provide, or
cannot see that in so doing he is
working the highest good to society
and christianity.